The Power of the Dog (Movie)
‘CODA’ Triumphs at the Oscars, but Onstage Slap Takes Center Stage
Notably, the Russian invasion of Ukraine was not mentioned during the opening to the lighthearted show, which featured a D.J., a second standup routine from Schumer, and a sketch from Hall that found a shirtless Chalamet and other male stars onstage. Three sports stars — Tony Hawk, Kelly Slater and Shaun White — arrived to […]
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2022 Oscar Winners: ‘CODA’, ‘Dune’ and Will Smith
Follow the latest news updates from the Oscars 2022. The 94th Academy Awards were held on Sunday night at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood. “CODA,” a relatively small-scale drama once considered an underdog, won the award for best picture, becoming the first film distributed by a streaming service to win Hollywood’s top honor. (“CODA” was […]
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Streaming Took Over Hollywood. Will It Take Best Picture, Too?
The pandemic accelerated the disruption. Traditional studios like Paramount, Universal, Sony, Warner Bros. and Disney rerouted dozens of theatrical films to streaming services or released them simultaneously in theaters and online. For the second year in a row, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, citing the coronavirus threat, allowed films to skip a […]
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Jane Campion and the Perils of the Backhanded Compliment
Something about the way the director Jane Campion went overboard on Sunday to identify with, then insult, Venus and Serena Williams at an awards show brought to mind a night of botched fanciness that happened to me. A couple Fridays ago, I went to see some art: a Faith Ringgold retrospective at the New Museum […]
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Jane Campion Apologizes for Comment About Venus and Serena Williams
At the Critics Choice Awards on Sunday evening, Jane Campion won best director for her work on the revisionist western “The Power of the Dog.” Within minutes, she had committed a gaffe, one that she would apologize for the next day. “It’s absolutely stunning to be here tonight among so many incredible women,” Campion began […]
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Ari Wegner: A Cinematographer Who Knows Actors Down to the Eyelash
LOS ANGELES — Ari Wegner discovered filmmaking as an art form — and a possible career — late in high school. “The Power of the Dog” cinematographer, who may become the first woman to ever win an Academy Award in the category, grew up in an art-filled world in Melbourne, Australia, with a father who […]
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Here’s How Each Best-Picture Nominee Could Win an Oscar
But significant year-end support from critics’ groups helped “Drive My Car” crash the Oscar race, where it claimed nominations for picture, director, adapted screenplay and international feature. Hollywood doesn’t know Hamaguchi as well as it got to know the “Parasite” auteur Bong Joon Ho during that film’s prepandemic Oscar season, so multiple wins may be […]
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Who Will Be Nominated for the Oscars? Here Are Our Projections.
Ask me about the best-actress race in an hour, and I might have an entirely different lineup for you. I feel fairly bullish on Kidman, Colman and Gaga, but there are so many feasible contenders vying for those last two spots that I keep tearing up my projections and starting anew. Hudson and Jessica Chastain […]
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Producers Guild Nominations Keep ‘Dune’ in Play
Is this a best-picture preview? The Producers Guild of America announced its 10 nominees for best feature film on Thursday, and the group is considered one of the strongest signs of where the Oscar wind is blowing: Over the last three years, only one eventual best-picture nominee (“The Father”) made it into the best-picture lineup […]
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